Cities and towns across the Litchfield Hills found themselves with a Thanksgiving Eve snow day. As it packed the ground and piled up high in Colebrook, neighbors saw 10 inches of snow with flakes continuing to fall.
In North Canaan it looked more like late December than November as reindeer lit up the white ground. Snow packed roads and trees, gathering nine inches there. A few people ventured out including Richard Crump who found himself without power and in need of gas.
"Tree came down in East Canaan and looks like the lights are out so got to get the generator fired up," said Crump.
The heavy snow has tree branches bending down low with some even breaking, which is an important reminder to look up for hazards too.
"I heard something snap, and I thought it was above me. I ran from the tree. And it was actually the next tree, and it caught me in the back," said Crump.
Snow piled up high in East Hartland. As night closed in, residents found themselves counting up a total of nine inches of snow.
Over in Barkhamsted, Eric Landi was out late snow blowing his driveway for Thanksgiving guests arriving on Thursday.
"It's typical New England. This is nothing unusual for us," said Landi. "It's just another day. It happens to fall the day before Thanksgiving, but what are you going to do?"
In Barkhamsted residents saw ten inches of wintry weather.
The place that hit the jackpot was the "icebox of Connecticut" in Norfolk, which welcomed just under a foot of cold, wet snow.
